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CAR REPLAGER Filed Dec. 5, 1922 I --f .I

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NETE STATS JOHN n. VEAZEY, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

CAR REPLACER.

Application mea December 5, 1922. seriai No. 605,073.

new and useful Improvements in Car Re` placers; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The invention has relation to means where` by a derailed vcar may beautomatic-ally replaced upon the rails by propelling the same along thetrack for a short distance, the wheels engaging the replacer and beingelevated and at the same time moved laterally in the readjusting of thecar to the track.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves asthe nature of the invention is understood.

Vhile the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to beunderstood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions andrequirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor detailsof construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature ofthe invention.

Referring tothe accompanying drawings forming a part of the application,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a car replacer embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof, n

Figure 3 is a rear view,

Figure l a vertical transverse section on the line 14e-l of Figure 1,and

Figure 5 is a sectional detail of a modified form. v

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and designated in the several views of the drawings by likereference characters.

The device comprises a clamp member which is adapted to fit astraddle ofa rail 1 and for this purpose the member is formed in its underside witha longitudinal groove or channel 2. The portion extending over the rail1 is tapered at opposite ends to admit of the car wheels passing readilythereover without any j ar or jolt. A' clamp screw 3. threaded into anopening formed in a portion of the member at one side of the groove orchannel 2, is adapted to engage the web of the rail 1 and secure thedevice in the required adjusted position. Deflecting wheels 5 aremounted upon the top side of a portion of the clamp member so as tooccupy a position at one side of the rail 1. vThe delecting wheels 5 aremounted upon vertical axes and in the rerailing of a car, the wheel ofthe latter striking the deflecting wheels 5 is arrested` in its lateralmovement and properly positioned to engage the rail. The portion oftheclamp member-atone side of the rail 1 and receiving the deflectingwheels 5 is formed in its top side with a groove or chang nel 6 toreceive the flange of the car wheel which is caused to enter said grooveby the action of the deflecting wheels 5. The portion of the clampmember at the opposite side of the rail 1 includes a wing 7 and an ear3, the latter being of circular form to admit of the replacing memberbeing pivoted thereto.

The replacing -member is hollow upon its under side and is adapted' tobe pivotally connected at oney end to the ear 8 of the clamp member andfor this purpose the replacing member is recessed to receive thecircular ear 8 to which it is pivoted by means of a bolt 9 or analogousfastening. The replacing member is provided along the lower edge of itsouter side with teeth or spurs 10 whereby to prevent lateraldisplacement thereof when the device is in operation. The top side ofthe replacing member comprises an inclined portion 11 and an elevatedportion 12, a shoulder 13 being formed between the parts 11 and 12. Thelower edge of the inclined portion 11 is about in the plane of theroadbed and the upper portion is about in the plane of the top of theclamp member and the shoulder.

13 inclines longitudinally with its upper end adjacent the rail and as aresult a car wheel riding upwardly upon the inclined portion 11 is atthe same time moved laterally towards the rail 1 by the action of theinclined shoulder 13 thereon, said shoulder engaging the peripheralportion of the wheel and urging the same laterally towards the rail asthe wheel mounts the inclined portion 11. When the car wheel reaches thetop of the clamp member, it passes thereover and the flange of the wheeldrops into the groove or channel 6l with the result that the wheel ispositioned in the continued advance of the car to become properly seatedupon the rail 1.

In the modification shown in Figure 5, the clamp member is plain uponits upper side that is, it is devoid of the groove or channel 6. Itshould be stated that the replacing member or Wing will in practice beprovided in rights and lette, whereby to adapt the advantageous positionas may be preferred.

A tongue lll is provided at the forward end of the Wing 7 adjacent thereplacing member to assist materially in the moving of the oar Wheellaterally When replacing the same upon the track. 1

What is claimed is:

A car replacer'comprising a clamp member grooved in its under side toreceive a railand havng a portion at one side formed in itsA top with alongitudinal groove -to receive the iiange of a car Wheel, deiectingwheels'mounted upon the member at one side of the grooves thereof tocause the liange of a carwheel to enter said grooves, lthe oppositevside portion of the kclamp member in' cluding a Wing and a circularear, and a replacing member having a depression at one end to receivesaid' circular ear to Which it is pivotally connectechsaid replacingmember con'iprisine an inclined portion and an ,elevated portioruthe twoportions being separated by means of a shoulder which is lon gitudinallyinclined to effect .a lateral movement ot a car wheel as the same mountsthe inclined portion'. 1

In testimony whereof Iaiix my signature m presence of two Witnesses.4 i.JOI-IN A. VEAZEY.

-Witnessesz f i KATHRYN i/loReANv,

JAMES LENHART.

